Apparatus for separating liquids



(No Model.)

W. MOORE.

APPARATUS FOR SEPABATING LIQUIDS PROM NATURAL GAS. No. 399,427. Patented Mar. 12, 1889*..

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i To all whom'z may concern:

UNITED STATIIS PATENT OFFICE. f

WILLIAM MoQ'RE, or KoKo-Mo, 'INDIANA' APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING LlOUIDSRFROM NATURAL'AS.

SPECIFICATION foaming paapf Letters Patent Nassau?, `uned mmh 12, lees.` v Applicativi] ned May v21, 1888. serial No. 274,499. (No man.)

`Be it known om I, WILLIAM MOORE, wernzen of the United States,residing at Kokomo,

in the county of Howard and State of Indiana. have invented a new and useful Improvement. .in Apparatus for Separating Liquids from Natural Gas, of whichthe following is a specification.

lilly invention relates to an improved apparatus for separating from natural gas the liquids and other impurities which are usually found yin mechanical combination therewith.

The object of my improvement is to provide, in an apparatus of the class described, means Whereb y the fulcrum of the lever which controls the trap-valve may be readily adj justedto the new position of vthe-valve when tion of the entire apparatus.

reiitted. l

The accompanying drawings illust-rat my invention.

Figure l represents a. central vertical sec- Fig. 2 represents a horizontal section at a, Fig. 1.v Fig. 3 represents a transverse vertical section, on an enlarged scale, at b, Fig. 1.

A is a cylindrical Wroughtsteel reservoir.

B is the vinlet-pipe leading from the gas- Well. Pipe B extends downward inside the reservoir about two-thirds of its depth, and its lower' end is partly closed by a T-coupling having reduced openings c c. For the purpose of permit-ting the gas to separate easily from the water or other liquids carried by it,

that portion of the pipe B immediately above the lower end is perforated, as at d rl. The combined gas and liquid being under a high pressure and moving in the pipe' with great velocity, the greater momentum of the liquid carries it to the lower end of the pipe before it escapes, While the gas escapes in a dry statefrom the openings d.

E is a pipe through wlnch the gas passes out of the reservoir.

end is closed bya plug,`h. The lower side of- ,casing'G is provided-with a discharge-opening, z', which is closed by a valve, J. 'In the upper side of casing G, opposite the dischargeopening i, is'afvertcal boarin'gJo, in which consisting of a simple straight bar of iron which passes through a mortise, o, Fig. 3, in the valve-stem .and projects through pipe FV into the interior of the reservoir. The fulcrum for lever m is formed by .two opposed' set-screws, n n; arranged in the upper and lower sides of the easing, near its outer end, the lever resting between them. Lever m is automatically raised by the accumulation of liquid in the reservoir by means of the iioat P, lever Q, and connectingrod R, said rod having at its lower end an eye, s, into -which the free end of lever m projects. By this construction the lever m may be withdrawn at any time through the opening closed by the plug hwithout disturbing the connecting-rod or the valve, thus leaving the valve free to be reground or refitted to its seat. When the' The upper .end of bearing k is closed by a screw-plug, Z; Valve J is\ .openedand closed by means of a lever, m,

changed that the movement of. the float and connecting-rod which would before open the valve -a't the proper time will now open the valve too soon." This difficulty is corrected by re-adjusting the fulcrum of the lever, the

lower set-screw, n, beingtilrned outward and the upper one inward until thevalve opens as at first.

Float P is of that class which consists 'of a hollow sheet-metal cylinder filled with liquid and having'an opening at one end through which the gas or vapor in which it is suspended may have access to the interior of the float. It is necessary to use with this class of Heats a counterpoise-weight, and heretofore IDO reervoirfwhich i's an element of weakness which it is desirable'to avoid in dealing with such' high pressures as are found in natural-V gas wells. It is also desirable to test from" the exterior of the' reservoir the working ofthe oat under pressure.

I mountshaft 'ain 'stuffing-boxes w 'w in each side of asmall closed chamber, Y; which is'- bolted tothe sideof the reservoir, so -as`to -Inan apparatus forseparatingliquidsfrom 1 v natural ga' s;'the combination, with the leser-.-

'v'oirg the tubularcsing' detachably sf'a'o'ii're'd;l 4, thereto so fas 'toconnect with therinterior', t thereof, .andhaving a discharge-opening, the

cover slot t; To the Outeren'ds 'of"sliaftlrta4 I securethe forked end ofk a levergf, to. which `.r4a1if`. :e1 nelit I` secure 'thenecessary `lengthof levers Without enlarging the diaxnfeterof the reservoir, and am enabled toQtest the Worlrin'g of the oatand valve by'fh-and at'anvrtime without opening `the reservoin' In operation, when su'cient-water i cumulated'in theireservoiniioatl isfiased and this, operating through lever Quand conheating-rod R,`raises1everfm and the valve J.- Owing l to thepres'sure onvalVel'lwhen 'closed and the small diameter-'ef'the:Jlo'a'tijin v1 lproportion to tslength, the floatis not raised?" until'itis nearly submerged.: As soon as the For, these 'purposes I v extend the lever Q out through a narrow slot, Lin the sideof the reservoir;"andffsecure in the outer end of said lever a short shaft;

brace'the' 'lever betwn them.

i valve begins to open the press ure on it is nearly balanced, and the 'float then rises'l suddenlyand holds the lvalve wide open, thus preventigtheicutting of the valve-.seat 'by any sedimentwhich may .becarried in the water, If

the valve should. leak, the operator, after lre.y

moving plug. h inthe' outer end of casing G, and loosening'v one. of-thef 'set-screws' n, may

. t v 4 withdraw lever m; then, havlng removed plug Zin bearing v, may,rby1 neans of a screw-driver` or like tool, rotate the valve and 'regrindit'to Aits seat; or; if necessary; -fthe' entire casingg' vwith its lcontents,may be'removed-without d'sturbingthe interior arrangements of the aszmy inventionf:

"I olai valve'arrang'ed close saidop'enin'gand the -lever'arrang'ed to operate said valve, 'ofa ver- ..-tically adjustab1e fulcrum consisting of -a pair ofy set-screws vmounted in oppositc sides" of thetubularcasing and arran'ged'to 'em-, 

